a continuous thread
[nggallery id=7] 2005 nylon monofilament, 126 x 60 x 60 in / 315 x 150 x 150 cm An arms-reach sized semi-circle of monofilament lines supports nearly ten kilometres of finer thread looped back and forth to form a human-scale space. connective tissue, Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Montreal (2005)
there’s a place on my back that isn’t there
[nggallery id=25] 2005 nylon stretch cord, steel cables, plywood and steel mounting structure: 126 x 60 x 84 in / 315 x 150 x 210 cm Elastic cord is woven between steel cables, creating a space large enough for a person to enter and be supported, leaning into the webbed threads. The cables trace a “constellation” of skin on the artist's back. [See Out here in space, 2005.] connective tissue, Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Montréal (2005) Search for Parallax (based on a constellation related to gallery site), Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto (2008)
Out Here in Space
[nggallery id=35] 2005 6 lambda prints on aluminum, 16 x 20 in to 26 x 48 in / 40 x 50 cm to 90 x 120 cm Treated as negative film in an otherwise film-less process, the skin of the artist's back takes on the transparency of endless distance. Out Here in Space, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2005) Circling the Inverse Square, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario (2013; Curator: Shannon Anderson)
Untitled (invisible thread)
[nggallery id=38] 2003-2004 nylon thread, size varies Fine nylon ( "invisible") thread is looped in and out of itself into an apparent tangle and suspended in a daylit room. The room at first appears to be empty, the mass of lines being only perceptible from certain vantage points. many things were left unsaid, Gairloch Gallery of Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Canada (2003) Avancer dans le brouillard, Musée National des beaux-arts du Quebec, QC (2004 collection: Musée National des beaux-arts du Quebec, QC, 2005